Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Review of Dell Vostro 5460

Dell, one of the largest technology corporations in the world, has added a most recent addition to the world of ultra-portable laptops. The new addition is Dell Vostro 5460, which is known as a lightest and thinnest laptops in its line-up.

It comes in two colors- red and silver. Users can opt for either Standard or Ultrabook configuration, whichever suits their needs and requirements. It has a brushed aluminium chassis. It is only 18.3 mm thin with 1.54 kg weight. You get genuine Windows 8 pre-loaded.

It has an integrated camera of 720 HD 1-mega pixels with microphones. It comes with integrated stereo speakers with dedicated HD powered subwoofer. The keyboard is a full-sized Chiclet and touchpad is type of multi-touch gesture.

Users can share multimedia through USB 3.0 Ports. It has an SD Card Reader slot, an HDMI port, an Ethernet Port (RJ-45) and one Power Share. A headphone/ microphone Combo Jack is also included with the laptop. The battery life is 5 hours. The battery type is 3-cell integrated Lithium Ion.

You must be thinking what facilities Dell offers for software diagnostic. The company has recognized the need of a pre-loaded diagnostic program. People may need help diagnosing issues with their laptop. Dell Vostro 5460 comes with Dell Recovery Manager which lets you recover your system to an earlier point of time. This is the best and quickest way to diagnose all software-related problem. Dell Backup program lets you backup important files and stuff that you won’t lose even if your system fails to load. Along with these software utilities, you get a Remote Diagnostic Service through which Dell support desk offers online remote desktop troubleshooting facility. They can operate your laptop over the Internet and diagnose the problem for you. Dell also provides an In-Home Service and service warranty.

The laptop costs only $749 USD. However the shipping price is excluded as it varies country-wise.

Cons

Dell Vostro 5460 doesn’t have a touchscreen option. Despite having Windows 8 pre-loaded, it does not provide any kind of touchscreen option.

Overall

Overall it offers outstanding performance and configurations. It comes with excellent support services. It is very business friendly and easy to use.